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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

838 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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MARSHALL IA-JASPER IA-

838 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR

JASPER AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...



AT 837 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HIGHWAY 117 IN 

COLFAX WAS UNDER WATER FROM  FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS. IN 

ADDITION...MARSHALL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED EXTENSIVE 

STREET FLOODING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWTON AND 

MARSHALLTOWN



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SUNDAY

MORNING FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4153 9279 4152 9333 4160 9333 4160 9335

      4186 9335 4186 9323 4220 9324 4220 9278

      4185 9278

TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 180DEG 0KT 4197 9293



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